Absolutely. Hello, welcome. [speaking french] thank you for being here. It is a great honor for me to be here and im somewhat intimidated even though its been several years since minister and the president were in office im still intimidated when im around them, but i do want to point out that our titles start with the same word, former. [laughter] so that makes us as equal. [laughter] [inaudible] [laughter] you would have a lot of reason to take that back. [laughter] its so bright i can see, but i know that google is here somewhere. I would like to acknowledge ramon and my partner when i was the ambassador, he was the canadian ambassador to the United States and was a remarkable Career Foreign Service officer for canada and we did work very well together which i think is a model for how ambassadors should work. President clinton looked for a nephew t to a point ambassador o canada, couldnt find one and settled on me. [laughter] so, lets move along. These two gentlemen served as the ke
Nice music. Absolutely. Hello, welcome. [speaking french] thank you for being here. It is a great honor for me to be here and im somewhat intimidated even though its been several years since minister and the president were in office im still intimidated when im around them, but i do want to point out that our titles start with the same word, former. [laughter] so that makes us as equal. [laughter] [inaudible] [laughter] you would have a lot of reason to take that back. [laughter] its so bright i can see, but i know that google is here somewhere. I would like to acknowledge ramon and my partner when i was the ambassador, he was the canadian ambassador to the United States and was a remarkable Career Foreign Service officer for canada and we did work very well together which i think is a model for how ambassadors should work. President clinton looked for a nephew t to a point ambassador o canada, couldnt find one and settled on me. [laughter] so, lets move along. These two gentlemen serv
Good morning, everybody. I am pleased to be able to hold this nomination hearing for two very outstanding nominees. Rod reosenstein and rachel brand. They have been nominated for two very important senior positions in the department of justice. Deputy attorney general and associate attorney general. The deputies attorney general who was the second in command at the department oversees the day to day operations. The associate attorney general oversees the departments civil litigation departments. It is critical that we fill these two important positions so the department can operate at full capacity. We could not have two better nominees for these positions. Mr. Rosenstein and ms. Brand share a lot in common. They both are dedicated Civil Servants. They are both been confirmed by the senate before. In ms. Brands case twice. And they both served in Senate Confirmed positions during president obamas administration. They are both extraordinarily talented and fairminded lawyers dedicated to